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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his annual, and final, State of the Union address to the European Parliament on September 12 2018. These are the key points. A reinforced […]
The European Commission has approved 1.5 million euro in funding for projects focused on reforms in the area of insolvency, with accompanying measures to reinforce the judicial infrastructure and the […]
The European Commission opened three new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria, while moving forward a fourth one, in the latest monthly infringements package published on July 19. Most notably, Bulgaria once […]
While the overall health effects are inconclusive, human biorhythms may be more severely impacted than previously thought, the European Commission (EC) announced as it opened the issue of clock changes […]
The European Commission said on June 21 that it opened a formal investigation into Qatar’s exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the European economic area (EEA) in order to […]
The European Commission’s spring forecast for the EU economy, released on May 3, said that Bulgaria’s economy would “continue growing robustly” in 2018, driven mainly by strong domestic demand and […]
The European Commission said on May 3 that it was withdrawing two cases against Bulgaria at the European Court of Justice after the country brought its laws in line with […]
The European Commission said on April 17 that it was recommending that the Council of the EU decides to open accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania, given the progress made […]
The European Commission said on March 8 that it opened a new infringement proceeding against Bulgaria, asking it to bring its value-added tax (VAT) rules into line with EU law. […]
Bulgarian national Mariana Kotzeva will be the new Director-General of EU statistics agency Eurostat, the European Commission said on February 21 2018. Kotzeva has served as the Deputy Director-General of Eurostat in […]
